Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka has called on President William Ruto to exercise caution when dealing with the ongoing investigations on Matiang’i.
According to senator Onyonka, no former minister has ever been handled the way the ex-Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i is being handled.
“Reason is this is a Cabinet minister and also there has never been a time in the Kenyan administration from 1963 when a person who was serving in that government, especially in the docket that Matiang’i has been serving has been handled the way he has been.” Onyonka said.
While speaking during an interview with Citizen TV on Monday, March 6, the Kisii senator argued that these actions may taint the state’s image.
“I want to really take it to William Ruto and ask him that he must be very careful with how he handles the Matiang’i story,” he added.
Moreover, Onyonka claimed that the incidences that have been witnessed in the Matiang’i probe, shows that the state is persecuting the former cabinet secretary.
The senator further cited where police officers broke into Matiang’i’s home in Karen, adding that the police might have acted without a court order.
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“He has been attacked and his house broken into, nobody knows whether there were court orders for Matiang’i to be arrested,” he said.
Likewise, Onyonka dismissed the report from Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome that Matiangi’s security detail has been scaled down, saying that it was totally withdrawn.
“The police IG had said that he scaled down Matiang’i’s security, but Matiang’i says all his security was taken and I seem to believe him because that is why he was able to travel out of the country and they don’t even know,” the senator said.
Nonetheless, the former Interior CS travelled to the United Kingdom for two weeks to attend to an ‘urgent private matter’. He jetted back to the country on Sunday, March 5.
Furthermore, Matiang’i is expected to present himself on Monday, March 6 at 11:00 am to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters.
